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Innovation Insights: Build back better?
Commentary by Mike McMorris, LRIC CEO, October 2020: While most focus the past six months has been on dealing with COVID-19, you will have heard people talking recently about “Building Back Better”. But just what exactly does that mean?
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Poultry: Cage-free production requires health program rethink
LRIC newsletter, October 2020: Cage-free egg production results in poultry health problems not commonly seen in conventional laying hens.
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Swine: A better understanding of the impact of PRRS on reproduction
LRIC newsletter, October 2020: University of Saskatchewan researchers are investigating the reproductive impacts of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome on pig fetuses.
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Beef: Genomic time travel for more resilient cattle
LRIC newsletter, October 2020: An international team of researchers has sequenced the genomes of 172 African cattle and retraced their genetic evolution.
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Dairy: New DNA-test for rapid A1 detection in milk
LRIC newsletter, October 2020: A Swiss biotech company has developed a quick, reliable way to identify the presence of A1 beta-casein in milk.
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Aquaculture: Novel coating improves fillet quality during refrigeration
LRIC newsletter, October 2020: A new type of coating containing chitosan, tea and cinnamon extracts has been shown to improve shelf life and quality of fish fillets during refrigerated storage.
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Small ruminants: Husbandry practices, not herd size increases PPRV risk
LRIC newsletter, October 2020: Research has found that the transmission risk of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus (PPRV) in sheep and goats is not increased through herd size.
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Feed: From food waste to animal feed
LRIC newsletter, October 2020: A Dutch company has developed fermentation technology to produce fatty acids from fruit and vegetable waste for inclusion into animal feed.
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Environment & climate change: Carbon from corn to table
LRIC newsletter, October 2020: Gro Network tracks and scores the carbon footprint of grain from the field to meat on the grocery store shelf.
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Alternative protein: Calls for stricter labelling of vegan “meat” products
LRIC newsletter, October 2020: Livestock farmers in the European Union are pushing for stricter regulations around labelling of vegan meat alternatives.
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Automation: Increased automation at abattoirs due to pandemic
LRIC newsletter, October 2020: COVID-19 has spurred the adoption of automation at meat processing facilities in Canada, the United States and Brazil following workforce outbreaks.
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One Health: Future pandemics and the role animals could play
LRIC newsletter, October 2020: COVID-19 has heightened general awareness of the risk of diseases passing from farmed animals to humans and potentially creating the next global pandemic.
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Gene editing: Could consumer attitudes prevent more sustainable meat production?
LRIC newsletter, October 2020: Gene editing technologies could pave the way for more sustainable cattle production, there’s doubt about whether consumers will support use of the technology.
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